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The UK Supreme Court has delivered its verdict on the long-running dispute over foundation issues at the Robin Rigg offshore wind farm. The 174MW wind farm, which is positioned between Scotland and England, experienced issues shortly after completion by Danish contractor MT Højgaard. The contract expressly required the foundations to have a lifetime of 20…

Yes it is. A recent UK case has examined the phrase ‘reasonable endeavours’ in relation to contractual obligations. It is common for contracts to require a party to use reasonable endeavours to achieve an outcome. When that desired outcome is achieved there is no issue. However, when the outcome is not achieved parties may allege…

While BIM is still a relatively new concept in the NZ construction landscape it is important that we catch up with this important technology pretty quickly. The UK provides an interesting model for BIM adoption and it would be good to see it implemented in NZ. For those who are a little unsure what BIM…

London’s Crossrail project is a new 118km railway line development due to open in December 2018. The project’s main feature is a set of new 21km twin tunnels. The project also includes the development of 40 new stations. Large projects such as this carry more complexity (and therefore risk) which lead to costs over and…

Like the rest of the current news cycle, construction related news (and our largely Brexit themed blogs this week) is all about the #Brexit. Fletcher Construction, which claims to have 30 years of work in the pipeline, is set to hold a recruitment event in London later this month with the aim of attracting senior…

English architects have once again successfully created public nuisance out of a city skyscraper. Manchester’s Beetham tower terrified locals on Sunday, as in the gale force winds the tower displayed its tendency to sing – or rather, wail with ghostly anguish. The tower has always had a lot to say, much to the irritation of inner…

On Sunday the remaining Red Road Apartments in Glasgow were demolished. However, not all went to plan with two of the structure remaining partially upright after the controlled demolition. Click here to read the Stuff article including video. However, this end is not as spectacular as a previous plan. In preparations for the 2014 Glasgow…